Wilson Auto Group March 2010 news:
Kia’s new USA plant on the History Channel tonight:
Kia Motors has collaborated with the History Channel to integrate Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG) and the all-new 2011 Kia Sorento into the premiere episode of Modern Marvels, the highly acclaimed television show, which features stories of those who created extraordinary architectural structures, technological breakthroughs and man-made wonders. The episode, titled “Start to Finish,” premieres on Thursday, March 4 at 7 p.m. CST and features an in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at automotive manufacturing, including the advanced techniques and state-of-the-art technologies utilized at Kia’s brand new manufacturing plant. In addition to the television program, viewers can visit history.com/tour for an interactive tour of KMMG that features video, imagery and facts about the various stages of automotive production. Through the interactive tour visitors can see selected views of the plant and learn how Kia is revolutionizing the auto manufacturing business.
Be sure to watch Modern Marvels on the History Channel (channel 45 on my cable system..7pm) TONIGHT!!
Consumer Reports:
I was waiting for a prescription at Kroger this week and picked up the new “Best Cars, SUV’s and Trucks” edition of Consumer Reports. I was pleasantly surprised to see where the Kia Optima, Kia Rondo, Kia Sportage, Hyundai Elantra, Hyundai Santa Fe, Hyundai Genesis, Hyundai Azera and Hyundai Veracruz CUV were on the “recommended” list. Hyundai and Kia both are building great cars and have the best warranty in the business, 10 Years/100,000 miles….and now with superior styling and quality to go with the 5 star (highest) safety ratings and superior fuel economy.
Kia Sorento 60 second video tops 950,000 youtube views:
The entertaining “Dream Ride” video with Sock Monkey, Mr. X, Teddy, Robot and Muno has reached superstardom!! Watch it by searching for “Kia Sorento” on youtube or going to www.kiasorento.com And the advertising and publicity is working…this 2011 Sorento is selling like crazy. Under $20,000 for a SUV is incredible but add a 10yr/100,000 mile warranty, built in the USA and 28 mpg fuel economy…and you know it’s a value WINNER!
#1 in Mississippi:
Wilson Hyundai outsold all other Hyundai dealers in MS in Feb as well as all dealers in Shreveport, Memphis and Nashville.
Likewise, Wilson Kia was #1 in the state with Kia. Thank you to all our customers and friends that made this possible. From the Chrysler bankruptcy to a newly renovated Hyundai showroom that may be the largest in the USA, we are indeed blessed and thankful. We are in the top 10 of all Hyundai dealers in a 5 state area that includes MS, TN, AR, LA and Alabama.
Hyundai named by EPA “Most Fuel Efficient in America”:
Not Honda and not Toyota…Hyundai was recently named by the EPA as the most fuel efficient automaker in the USA! Our new 2011 Sonata is a mid-size to large car…yet is EPA rated at 35 MPG on Hwy. Our small cars get even better fuel economy.
Academy Awards Sunday night:
Wilson Hyundai will be all over the Academy Awards telecast this Sunday night on WAPT-16….the highest watched television event second only to the Super Bowl. From the Barbara Walters pre-show to the Red Carpet intro event to the WAPT news afterwards, we will be running at least 10 Hyundai local and national spots. Please tune in to ABC and see the exciting new product Hyundai is unveiling.
Leasing is back!!!
Hyundai Motor Finance has plenty of money (even for those with less than perfect credit) and is getting really aggressive with leasing.
We have a STRONG $199 (36 month) lease on the all new 2011 Sonata as well as an unbelievable $149 a month 24 month lease on the 2010 Hyundai Elantra (Consumer Reports, “Most Recommended” list). See us for details. we have a huge inventory of these expecting great response in March.
Kia press release regarding February Sales:
KIA MOTORS AMERICA ANNOUNCES BEST FEBRUARY SALES EVER
All-New 2011 Sorento CUV is Kia’s Best-Selling Vehicle for the Second Consecutive Month
IRVINE, Calif., March 2, 2010 – Kia Motors America (KMA) today announced the brand’s best February sales ever of 24,052 units, a 9-percent increase over the same period last year and 2.3-percent over the previous February sales record of 23,512 set in 2007. February sales were led for the second consecutive month by the all-new 2011 Sorento CUV, which hit dealerships nationwide in early January and is the brand’s first U.S.-built vehicle[1]. Sorento posted sales of 8,207 units, an 11-percent increase over January.
“In addition to being our best-selling vehicle for the second month in a row, the all-new Sorento also is bringing new, more affluent customers into our showrooms and indicates the growing interest in the Kia brand,” said B.M. Ahn, group president and CEO of KMA and Kia Motors Manufacturing Georgia (KMMG). “Having recently celebrated the grand opening of Kia’s first U.S.-based manufacturing plant in West Point, Georgia, Sorento’s strong performance validates the investments Kia has made in the U.S. market as more and more consumers are recognizing our commitment to quality, safety, design, value and technology.”
Kia Motors is in the midst of a dramatic, design-led transformation, which has been delivering dynamically styled vehicles in several important segments at exactly the right time, contributing to the brand’s continued gains in U.S. market share. The launch of the all-new 2011 Sorento CUV, the official vehicle of the NBA and the first vehicle to be built at the company’s first U.S.-based manufacturing facilities in West Point, Georgia, builds on the momentum established in 2009 with the introduction of the Soul urban passenger vehicle and the Forte compact sedan and two-door Forte Koup.
Business is improving:
I see a definite increase in the willingness of folks to step up and buy a new car or good used car. I see the mood much better about the future and think that the “hunkering down” that occurred over the past 24 months has indeed repaired a lot of households balance sheets and helped them to reduce debt. Although unemployment remains high, I am hopeful for a continued improvement in overall economic conditions. As business improves, companies will start hiring again.
We are. With business improving, Wilson Auto Group is looking for two good sales consultants. We require no experience and will train the right individual. If you know of someone who might be interested, tell them to send us an email at opening@wilsonautos.com
If I can help with any of your transportation needs, please email me.
Doug Wilson
President
Wilson Auto Group, Inc.
601.914.4200
www.wilsonautogroup.com
[1] KMMG vehicles are assembled in the United States from U.S.- and globally sourced parts.
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Friday, February 19, 2010
Super Bowl video characters are here now at Wilson Kia on Lakeland
The now world famous Kia Sorento Super Bowl video characters are here now in the Kia showroom at Wilson Kia on Lakeland Drive. see the video and get $25 test drive offer at www.kiasorento.comWednesday, February 3, 2010
Wilson Kia's 2011 Kia Sorento (built in the USA)
The all new 2011 Kia Sorento is here and on sale. Wilson Kia on Lakeland has over 25 in stock and selling them fast. We sold 10 new Sorento's last month! This is the all new product from Kia's state of the art auto plant in West Point Georgia!
I visited West Point Georgia a few weeks ago and had the opportunity to tour the new plant as well as drive several Sorentos over the test track that Kia has built there. The production facility is immaculate and the most technologically advanced in the world. From Kawasaki robots doing 100% of the welding to a fully automated paint shop to the giant Komatsu steel press, this is one advanced plant. I have toured many domestic as well as import plants and was more impressed with Kia's new plant than any other. They literally receive rolls of steel in one end of the plant and roll new 2011 Kia Sorento's out the other.
The Sorento styling is crisp and fresh with hints of the Acura MDX and Lexus RX 330. With optional V-6 power and 7 passenger seating, configurations are very family friendly. The ride is smooth and VERY quiet with brisk acceleration from either the fuel efficient 4 cyl or the V-6. Both deliver impressive fuel economy.
Fit and finish are excellent and the quality of this SUV is excellent! You need to test drive one at Wilson Kia on Lakeland Drive in Jackson MS. email us at doug@wilsonautos.com or visit our website at www.wilsonautos.com
Doug Wilson
President
Wilson Auto Group
Monday, January 25, 2010
Fortune Magazine cover story
You will really want to read the Feb 18, 2010 copy of Fortune magazine which features Hyundai on the cover. The headline is....The Toughest Car Company of the All. Subtitled...."Hyundai is for real. Competitors hate them. Customers love them."
Email me at doug@wilsonautos.com and I will send you a pdf copy of it as well as a copy of my paper "7 Biggest Mistakes in Car Buying".
Email me at doug@wilsonautos.com and I will send you a pdf copy of it as well as a copy of my paper "7 Biggest Mistakes in Car Buying".
Largest Hyundai store in the USA?
Here is a photo of our newly renovated Hyundai showroom...one of the largest Hyundai dealerships in the USA!Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Remember Lee Iacocca, the man who rescued Chrysler Corporation from its death throes ?
He's now 82 years old and has a new book, 'Where Have All The Leaders Gone ?'Lee Iacocca Says: 'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening ? Where the hell is our outrage ?
We should be screaming bloody murder ! We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course'Stay the course ? You've got to be kidding. This is America , not the damned, 'Titanic'.
I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out !'
You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions.
That's not the promise of the ' America ' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you ? I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis ! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, with crisis being the first.)
Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.On September 11, 2001 , we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand.We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy.
Our schools are in trouble.
Our borders are like sieves.
The middle class is being squeezed every which way.
These are times that cry out for leadership.
But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone ?'
Where are the curious, creative communicators ? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense ? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo ?
We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.
Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies ? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it ?
Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem with out a TELEPROMPTER. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of ? That some bonehead on CNN will call them a name ? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change ?Had Enough ? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope - I believe in America .
In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of America 's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises: The 'Great Depression,' 'World War II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11.If I've learned one thing, it's this: 'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book.
It's a "Call to Action" for people who, like me, believe in America '. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell'm all we've had 'enough.'
He's now 82 years old and has a new book, 'Where Have All The Leaders Gone ?'Lee Iacocca Says: 'Am I the only guy in this country who's fed up with what's happening ? Where the hell is our outrage ?
We should be screaming bloody murder ! We've got a gang of clueless bozos steering our ship of state right over a cliff, we've got corporate gangsters stealing us blind, and we can't even clean up after a hurricane much less build a hybrid car. But instead of getting mad, everyone sits around and nods their heads when the politicians say, 'Stay the course'Stay the course ? You've got to be kidding. This is America , not the damned, 'Titanic'.
I'll give you a sound bite: 'Throw all the bums out !'
You might think I'm getting senile, that I've gone off my rocker, and maybe I have. But someone has to speak up. I hardly recognize this country anymore.The most famous business leaders are not the innovators but the guys in handcuffs. While we're fiddling in Iraq , the Middle East is burning and nobody seems to know what to do. And the press is waving 'pom-poms' instead of asking hard questions.
That's not the promise of the ' America ' my parents and yours traveled across the ocean for. I've had enough. How about you ? I'll go a step further. You can't call yourself a patriot if you're not outraged. This is a fight I'm ready and willing to have. The Biggest 'C' is Crisis ! (Iacocca elaborates on nine C's of leadership, with crisis being the first.)
Leaders are made, not born. Leadership is forged in times of crisis. It's easy to sit there with your feet up on the desk and talk theory. Or send someone else's kids off to war when you've never seen a battlefield yourself. It's another thing to lead when your world comes tumbling down.On September 11, 2001 , we needed a strong leader more than any other time in our history. We needed a steady hand to guide us out of the ashes. A hell of a mess, so here's where we stand.We're immersed in a bloody war with no plan for winning and no plan for leaving.We're running the biggest deficit in the history of the country. We're losing the manufacturing edge to Asia , while our once-great companies are getting slaughtered by health care costs. Gas prices are skyrocketing, and nobody in power has a coherent energy policy.
Our schools are in trouble.
Our borders are like sieves.
The middle class is being squeezed every which way.
These are times that cry out for leadership.
But when you look around, you've got to ask: 'Where have all the leaders gone ?'
Where are the curious, creative communicators ? Where are the people of character, courage, conviction, omnipotence, and common sense ? I may be a sucker for alliteration, but I think you get the point.Name me a leader who has a better idea for homeland security than making us take off our shoes in airports and throw away our shampoo ?
We've spent billions of dollars building a huge new bureaucracy, and all we know how to do is react to things that have already happened.Name me one leader who emerged from the crisis of Hurricane Katrina. Congress has yet to spend a single day evaluating the response to the hurricane or demanding accountability for the decisions that were made in the crucial hours after the storm. Everyone's hunkering down, fingers crossed, hoping it doesn't happen again. Now, that's just crazy. Storms happen. Deal with it. Make a plan. Figure out what you're going to do the next time.
Name me an industry leader who is thinking creatively about how we can restore our competitive edge in manufacturing. Who would have believed that there could ever be a time when 'The Big Three' referred to Japanese car companies ? How did this happen, and more important, what are we going to do about it ?
Name me a government leader who can articulate a plan for paying down the debit, or solving the energy crisis, or managing the health care problem with out a TELEPROMPTER. The silence is deafening. But these are the crises that are eating away at our country and milking the middle class dry.I have news for the gang in Congress. We didn't elect you to sit on your asses and do nothing and remain silent while our democracy is being hijacked and our greatness is being replaced with mediocrity. What is everybody so afraid of ? That some bonehead on CNN will call them a name ? Give me a break. Why don't you guys show some spine for a change ?Had Enough ? Hey, I'm not trying to be the voice of gloom and doom here. I'm trying to light a fire. I'm speaking out because I have hope - I believe in America .
In my lifetime, I've had the privilege of living through some of America 's greatest moments. I've also experienced some of our worst crises: The 'Great Depression,' 'World War II,' the 'Korean War,' the 'Kennedy Assassination,' the 'Vietnam War,' the 1970's oil crisis, and the struggles of recent years culminating with 9/11.If I've learned one thing, it's this: 'You don't get anywhere by standing on the sidelines waiting for somebody else to take action. Whether it's building a better car or building a better future for our children, we all have a role to play. That's the challenge I'm raising in this book.
It's a "Call to Action" for people who, like me, believe in America '. It's not too late, but it's getting pretty close. So let's shake off the crap and go to work. Let's tell'm all we've had 'enough.'
Monday, October 5, 2009
October is here and the state fair is right around the corner. September sales ended up with GM down 44.8%, Chrysler down 42.1% but Kia up 24.4% and Hyundai up 27.2%. Here at Wilson Auto Group, our Kia and Hyundai sales were up 106% from September of last year!
Kia and Hyundai continue to outperform the market with exciting new products, outstanding value and the tendency for folks to watch their money a little closer in this economic recession.
We are real excited about the all new Hyundai Sonata and Tucson which are coming out in the 4th qtr of 2009.
I recently toured the new Kia production plant in West Point, Georgia which represents an investment of over $1 Billion dollars in the USA by Kia. This plant is the most technologically advanced automobile plant in the world and makes extensive use of robotics and non-union labor for maximum efficiency and quality.
Here at Wilson Auto Group, I am especially proud of my team for capturing the number one sales honors for the entire state of Mississippi as well as outselling Hyundai competitors in Memphis, New Orleans, Birmingham, Nashville, Shreveport and many other southern cities.
Our goal is to consistently be in the top 10 in a 5 state area that includes: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisianna, Arkansas and Tennessee. My team did a great job in Sept and posted at #6 in this 5 state region!
Stop in and see the Hyundai and Kia lineup that is breaking all records and posting huge market share gains in this tough enviroment and you'll see why.
Doug Wilson
Kia and Hyundai continue to outperform the market with exciting new products, outstanding value and the tendency for folks to watch their money a little closer in this economic recession.
We are real excited about the all new Hyundai Sonata and Tucson which are coming out in the 4th qtr of 2009.
I recently toured the new Kia production plant in West Point, Georgia which represents an investment of over $1 Billion dollars in the USA by Kia. This plant is the most technologically advanced automobile plant in the world and makes extensive use of robotics and non-union labor for maximum efficiency and quality.
Here at Wilson Auto Group, I am especially proud of my team for capturing the number one sales honors for the entire state of Mississippi as well as outselling Hyundai competitors in Memphis, New Orleans, Birmingham, Nashville, Shreveport and many other southern cities.
Our goal is to consistently be in the top 10 in a 5 state area that includes: Alabama, Mississippi, Louisianna, Arkansas and Tennessee. My team did a great job in Sept and posted at #6 in this 5 state region!
Stop in and see the Hyundai and Kia lineup that is breaking all records and posting huge market share gains in this tough enviroment and you'll see why.
Doug Wilson
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